We now have a date for when the next generation of Microsoft Windows will be revealed, with the official invitations going out for the event on June 24, or just after midnight on the 25th here in Australia. CEO Satya Nadella and Product Chief Panos Panay will reveal all. My bet is a shift away from selling boxed Windows software and onto a free new upgrade to a single unified version for all users. We'll find out if I'm right in three weeks time.https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/eventTwo Australian broadband providers owned by the same parent company have been fined by the Australian Federal Court for making misleading claims on NBN evening speeds. The action, brought by the ACCC against Vocus-owned Dodo and iPrimus, found the brands chose the best speeds it had observed on its network to promote its services between March 2018 and April 2019. Justice Murphy said in the decision that the companies chose not to use industry best practice methodologies which it admitted did not give due ground for "Typical Evening Speed" statements. Dodo will have to pay $1.5M and Primus $1M in fines. As noted by ZDNet, the latest ACCC broadband speed report places Dodo and Primus last among all resellers for average download speeds.https://www.zdnet.com/article/dodo-and-iprimus-penalised-au2-5m-for-misleading-nbn-evening-speed-claims/Samsung is starting a new campaign to promote its Galaxy A Series smartphones as 'A for Awesome' with a target toward Gen Z teens and young adults. Normally I wouldn't consider this particularly newsworthy, but the campaign is including some nice profiles of young Australians achieving greatness in their fields, from 16-year-old skateboarder Ethan Copeland, pop duo Cat & Calmell, and social entrepreneur Daniel Flynn. It's also a positive to see a big campaign for more affordable devices. The campaign also includes some Snap AR lens action to get even more of that Gen Z attention.In science, NASA is tired of only having a bunch of cool robots exploring the surface of Mars and is turning its attention back to Venus with not one but two missions planned for later this decade. Announced overnight, the VERITAS mission will orbit the planet to deliver the most detailed map yet of the Venusian surface and search for volcanic activity, while the DAVINCI+ probe will enter the planet's atmosphere to investigate the chemistry of the atmosphere. The missions will launch between 2028 and 2030.https://www.businessinsider.com.au/nasa-discovery-program-new-missions-to-explore-venus-2021-6In entertainment, excitement for pulp adventure fans with word that the fourth Indiana Jones film begins filming next week. Harrison Ford returns with new castmates Mads Mikkelsen and Phoebe Waller Bridge, with shooting to begin at Bamburgh Castle in Britain. Yes, I said fourth film. Let's stick to that story.https://www.avclub.com/hold-onto-your-fedoras-indiana-jones-5-is-in-productio-1847016657Over in Fortnite, the place where the multiverse is slowly but steadily taking shape, as the end of Cahpter 2, Season 6 approaches it seems players are being abducted by aliens at the moment. Given lots of recent excitement over military UFO sightings why not go and get a taste of being hoovered up for experimentation through Epic's Battle Royale?https://www.gamesradar.com/fortnite-aliens-ufos-alien-abduction/Zero Latency, the Australian multiplayer virtual reality arcade experience, has now officially launched its Far Cry VR experience. It's the first partnership with a major franchise and sends players to a tropical island for their VR gaming session. You can book your experience via the Zero Latency website at its centres in Brisbane, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Perth and Sydney, or at one of its dozens of overseas locations if you're elsewhere on the planet.https://zerolatencyvr.comAnd, finally, retro gaming fans will be checking their wallets now that the Atari VCS launch has been announced. The new conso...

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